Day 2 from Disasterland

Big day of meetings, calls and networking! Off to Jackson, NJ in the morning to join folks at Hope Cathedral and fire up the Holy Smoke BBQ pit and feed a bunch of people in Ocean County that are still without power. We have been told that hardly any help has come to this community of 40,000 plus. In times of disaster who ever gets the most media attention gets the most help. It is our desire to find the places that are being under served and help bring assistance to their communities. In a disaster areas things are always fluid. They can change from day to day. That is why you have to be on the ground meeting people and seeing what is needed. We love working with churches because they care about their communities and already have a network of relationships. On Monday we will go to Staten Island, which was hit hard by Sandy, and look at what we can do to help.

On another note, today when we get getting gas a man saw our truck full of ice chests and asked what were doing. We told him that we were going to help feed people in New Jersey. He called me over, open his billfold and gave me a twenty. He said, “it’s not much, but I want to help.” It brought us so such encouragement to see a stranger care for those who have suffered so much.